The Damien Family Name

Arms linked to Damian and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

What Damien means

The name Damien is closely linked to Damian. Taken at its root, Damien points to “from the personal name Damiano (Damian)”.

Before spelling was fixed, Damian was also written Damien. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The 2010 census count for Damien in the United States was 377, good for rank 54,637. Of these, 34% identified as Hispanic or Latino. French birth records list 2,724 children named Damien between 1891 and 2000.

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